Screenplay: Takao Yanai

Direction Yasujirō Ozu

Cast Chishu Ryu · Shûji Sano · Shin Saburi · Takeshi Sakamoto

Synopsis Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.

Direction Kunio Watanabe

Cast Kenichi Enomoto · Hiroshi Horiguchi · Nijiko Kiyokawa · Reiko Miyagawa

Direction Yasushi Sasaki

Cast Hideo Hongô · Sojin · Mitsuyo Mizushima

Direction Yasushi Sasaki

Cast Shirô Ôsaka · Takeshi Sakamoto · Michiko Ikuno · Toyo Takahashi

Direction Hideo Ôba

Cast Mariko Okada · Keiji Sada · Shima Iwashita · Kakuko Chino

Direction Hideo Ôba

Cast Chikage Awashima · Haruyo Ichikawa · Akio Isono · Kyoko Kami

Direction Hôtei Nomura

Cast Yoshiko Kawada · Reikichi Kawamura · Shoichi Kofujita · Kenichi Miyajima

Synopsis Hideko Takamine's first film at the age of 5. A young banker dies young and leaves behind his wife Asako and two children. Asako is determined to offer the children the best they can get, making use of the money...

Direction Yasujirō Ozu

Cast Jiro Shirota · Tatsuo Saito · Yukiko Inoue · Hiroko Izumi

Direction Mikio Naruse

Cast Tatsuo Saito · Hiroko Kawasaki · Tomio Aoki · Tokuji Kobayashi

Direction Masahiro Shinoda

Cast Yusuke Kawazu · Miyuki Kuwano · Masayuki Mori · Yuki Tominaga

Synopsis Hatsuko, a young girl on the verge of graduating from high school, suffers a motorcycle accident while riding with her boyfriend Fusao. The doctor treating her at the hospital happens to be an old acquaintance of her widowed mother.

Direction Yasushi Sasaki

Cast Michiko Kuwano · Shinyo Nara · Emiko Yagumo · Setsuko Shinobu

Direction Yasushi Sasaki

Cast Masao Hayama · Mitsuko Yoshikawa · Shinobu Aoki · Hideo Hongô

Direction Yasushi Sasaki

Cast Kinuyo Tanaka · Mitsuko Mito · Kuniko Miyake · Daijirô Natsukawa

Direction Hideo Ôba

Cast Keiko Awaji · Chikage Awashima · Kimie Hayashi · Shinichi Himori

Direction Mikio Naruse

Cast Yukichi Iwata · Kinuyo Tanaka · Yumeko Aizome · Mitsugu Fujii

Direction Hideo Ôba

Cast Chikage Awashima · Ebizo Ichikawa · Mitsuko Kusabue · Yatsuko Tan'ami

Synopsis Ejima, a straightforward and loyal lady-in-waiting to the mother of the Shogun, is invited by her mistress, almost forced, to violate the harem's protocol by having Ikushima, a kabuki actor, spending the night at her chamber.

Direction Yasushi Sasaki

Cast Shûji Sano · Hiroko Kawasaki · Masami Morikawa · Shin Tokudaiji

Direction Mikio Naruse

Cast Kenji Kimura · Ichirô Yuki · Eiko Takamatsu · Tokio Seki

Direction Hideo Ôba

Cast Keiko Kishi · Keiji Sada

Direction Yasushi Sasaki

Cast Takashi Shimura · Shin Saburi · Koji Mitsui · Yosuke Hansawa